❓ Question on government support for the agricultural sector in WA. The Minister highlights current investments and criticises the previous government's lack of action.
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AGRICULTURAL SECTOR — GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
This government has demonstrated strong support for the agricultural sector. Can the minister update the house on this government’s investment in agriculture and the vision it has for this very important industry? Mr D.T. REDMAN
This government has demonstrated strong support for the agricultural sector. Can the minister update the house on this government’s investment in agriculture and the vision it has for this very important industry? Mr D.T. REDMAN
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I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question and interest in the matter. I will highlight the Premier’s and the Leader of the National Party’s responses today in answer to a number of questions: this government makes decisions and strongly supports the sectors that make a difference to the Western Australian economy. It is on those foundations that we can build a great state of Western Australia. One sector that makes a significant contribution to our economy is the agricultural industry. We spent a little bit of time getting some information on capital investment in agriculture. It is hard to find good information about what was achieved by the former government. In fact, the challenge in presenting this graph I am holding up to show members was to get a scale on the left-hand side of the document, which captures a little colour at the bottom, to depict the Labor Party’s capital investment in agriculture when it was in government. Again, all the Labor Party talked about were forward estimates, reviews and ideas, which were certainly not supported by its actions. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We can see what this government has already achieved, let alone what it is committing to achieve in the future: investments in Muchea; investments in the state saleyards strategy; $9 million of investment in the “new genes for new environments” facility; of course, investments in the Ord–East Kimberley project—the first time rice has been grown in the Ord for 27 years and again a substantial investment; and support worth $30 million for the Australian export grain innovation centre to put our foundations on the ground in grains research and innovation in Western Australia. Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question and interest in the matter. I will highlight the Premier’s and the Leader of the National Party’s responses today in answer to a number of questions: this government makes decisions and strongly supports the sectors that make a difference to the Western Australian economy. It is on those foundations that we can build a great state of Western Australia. One sector that makes a significant contribution to our economy is the agricultural industry. We spent a little bit of time getting some information on capital investment in agriculture. It is hard to find good information about what was achieved by the former government. In fact, the challenge in presenting this graph I am holding up to show members was to get a scale on the left-hand side of the document, which captures a little colour at the bottom, to depict the Labor Party’s capital investment in agriculture when it was in government. Again, all the Labor Party talked about were forward estimates, reviews and ideas, which were certainly not supported by its actions. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We can see what this government has already achieved, let alone what it is committing to achieve in the future: investments in Muchea; investments in the state saleyards strategy; $9 million of investment in the “new genes for new environments” facility; of course, investments in the Ord–East Kimberley project—the first time rice has been grown in the Ord for 27 years and again a substantial investment; and support worth $30 million for the Australian export grain innovation centre to put our foundations on the ground in grains research and innovation in Western Australia. Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question and interest in the matter. I will highlight the Premier’s and the Leader of the National Party’s responses today in answer to a number of questions: this government makes decisions and strongly supports the sectors that make a difference to the Western Australian economy. It is on those foundations that we can build a great state of Western Australia. One sector that makes a significant contribution to our economy is the agricultural industry. We spent a little bit of time getting some information on capital investment in agriculture. It is hard to find good information about what was achieved by the former government. In fact, the challenge in presenting this graph I am holding up to show members was to get a scale on the left-hand side of the document, which captures a little colour at the bottom, to depict the Labor Party’s capital investment in agriculture when it was in government. Again, all the Labor Party talked about were forward estimates, reviews and ideas, which were certainly not supported by its actions. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We can see what this government has already achieved, let alone what it is committing to achieve in the future: investments in Muchea; investments in the state saleyards strategy; $9 million of investment in the “new genes for new environments” facility; of course, investments in the Ord–East Kimberley project—the first time rice has been grown in the Ord for 27 years and again a substantial investment; and support worth $30 million for the Australian export grain innovation centre to put our foundations on the ground in grains research and innovation in Western Australia. Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We can see what this government has already achieved, let alone what it is committing to achieve in the future: investments in Muchea; investments in the state saleyards strategy; $9 million of investment in the “new genes for new environments” facility; of course, investments in the Ord–East Kimberley project—the first time rice has been grown in the Ord for 27 years and again a substantial investment; and support worth $30 million for the Australian export grain innovation centre to put our foundations on the ground in grains research and innovation in Western Australia. Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : We can see what this government has already achieved, let alone what it is committing to achieve in the future: investments in Muchea; investments in the state saleyards strategy; $9 million of investment in the “new genes for new environments” facility; of course, investments in the Ord–East Kimberley project—the first time rice has been grown in the Ord for 27 years and again a substantial investment; and support worth $30 million for the Australian export grain innovation centre to put our foundations on the ground in grains research and innovation in Western Australia. Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question and interest in the matter. I will highlight the Premier’s and the Leader of the National Party’s responses today in answer to a number of questions: this government makes decisions and strongly supports the sectors that make a difference to the Western Australian economy. It is on those foundations that we can build a great state of Western Australia. One sector that makes a significant contribution to our economy is the agricultural industry. We spent a little bit of time getting some information on capital investment in agriculture. It is hard to find good information about what was achieved by the former government. In fact, the challenge in presenting this graph I am holding up to show members was to get a scale on the left-hand side of the document, which captures a little colour at the bottom, to depict the Labor Party’s capital investment in agriculture when it was in government. Again, all the Labor Party talked about were forward estimates, reviews and ideas, which were certainly not supported by its actions. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We can see what this government has already achieved, let alone what it is committing to achieve in the future: investments in Muchea; investments in the state saleyards strategy; $9 million of investment in the “new genes for new environments” facility; of course, investments in the Ord–East Kimberley project—the first time rice has been grown in the Ord for 27 years and again a substantial investment; and support worth $30 million for the Australian export grain innovation centre to put our foundations on the ground in grains research and innovation in Western Australia. Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
I thank the member for Murray–Wellington for his question and interest in the matter. I will highlight the Premier’s and the Leader of the National Party’s responses today in answer to a number of questions: this government makes decisions and strongly supports the sectors that make a difference to the Western Australian economy. It is on those foundations that we can build a great state of Western Australia. One sector that makes a significant contribution to our economy is the agricultural industry. We spent a little bit of time getting some information on capital investment in agriculture. It is hard to find good information about what was achieved by the former government. In fact, the challenge in presenting this graph I am holding up to show members was to get a scale on the left-hand side of the document, which captures a little colour at the bottom, to depict the Labor Party’s capital investment in agriculture when it was in government. Again, all the Labor Party talked about were forward estimates, reviews and ideas, which were certainly not supported by its actions. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We can see what this government has already achieved, let alone what it is committing to achieve in the future: investments in Muchea; investments in the state saleyards strategy; $9 million of investment in the “new genes for new environments” facility; of course, investments in the Ord–East Kimberley project—the first time rice has been grown in the Ord for 27 years and again a substantial investment; and support worth $30 million for the Australian export grain innovation centre to put our foundations on the ground in grains research and innovation in Western Australia. Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We can see what this government has already achieved, let alone what it is committing to achieve in the future: investments in Muchea; investments in the state saleyards strategy; $9 million of investment in the “new genes for new environments” facility; of course, investments in the Ord–East Kimberley project—the first time rice has been grown in the Ord for 27 years and again a substantial investment; and support worth $30 million for the Australian export grain innovation centre to put our foundations on the ground in grains research and innovation in Western Australia. Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : We can see what this government has already achieved, let alone what it is committing to achieve in the future: investments in Muchea; investments in the state saleyards strategy; $9 million of investment in the “new genes for new environments” facility; of course, investments in the Ord–East Kimberley project—the first time rice has been grown in the Ord for 27 years and again a substantial investment; and support worth $30 million for the Australian export grain innovation centre to put our foundations on the ground in grains research and innovation in Western Australia. Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
Mr D.A. Templeman interjected. The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
The SPEAKER : I owe you a dollar for some peace, member for Mandurah, and I formally call you to order for the first time! Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Of course the Gascoyne irrigation project is another investment. The chart I held up shows some lost opportunities from the very good economic times that the Labor Party went through when it was in government. Those lost opportunities were its lack of investment in agriculture, its lack of policies and its lack of decisions. That is not the mistake that the Liberal–National government will make in our term of government.
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